Columns

Gov. Brown: To drill or not to drill?
April 8, 2013 By Katy Grimes California could become the next oil boom state. Will Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown and a Democratic supermajority in the state Legislature seize the day -- and the tax revenue that would come with drilling and fracking? Or will excessive environmental concerns...
Legislature uses anti-gun laws as diversion
April 3, 2013 By Katy Grimes How convenient. Instead of focusing on criminals released the last two years under AB 109 and now committing new crimes, the California Legislature is diverting citizens' attention by taking up gun control. AB 109 was the prison "diversion" law that dumped th...
Neighborhood Legislature could restore accountability
March 27, 2013 By Katy Grimes Big spending on California politics has become one of the state’s largest industries. But the return on investment is lousy. California’s political system has become so heavily manipulated by labor unions and other big money interests that the system is bro...
Hit piece emboldens Donnelly gubernatorial bid
March 18, 2013 By Katy Grimes Last week, Assemblyman Tim Donnell (R-Hesperia) saw his planned run for governor contemptuously dismissed as a "faux bid" by Sacramento Bee columnist Dan Morain. The column read more like a hit piece than an analysis. Worse yet, it came off as if it were a persona...
CA leaders still attacking businesses, jobs
March 11, 2013 By Katy Grimes While I am an eternal optimist, it is impossible to ignore that California is bleeding jobs. I am also a realist. Unfortunately for the Golden State, California's leaders and lawmakers continue to ignore the facts, and instead continue to push through the s...
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